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Rahm Emanuel
Rahm Emanuel (born 1959 in Chicago) is an American Democratic politician and diplomat.
- Born
- 1959 (66 years), Chicago
- Party
- Democratic Party
- Office
- United States Ambassador to Japan 2022–
- Education
- Sarah Lawrence College, Northwestern University
Centre · Where sources place this person
Wikipedia: centrist orientation, aligned with the Democratic Leadership Council
Ideology: centrism, liberalism
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He served in the Clinton administration, as a congressman from Illinois, as White House chief of staff under Barack Obama, as mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019 and as ambassador to Japan from 2022 to 2025. He is named among the possible contenders for the 2028 Democratic vice-presidential nomination.
Career
Emanuel graduated from Sarah Lawrence College (1981) and took a master's at Northwestern (1985). He worked in the Clinton administration from 1993 to 1998, as an investment banker at Wasserstein Perella from 1998 to 2001 and on the board of Freddie Mac in 2000 and 2001. He represented Illinois's 5th district in the US House from 2003 to 2009, was White House chief of staff from 2009 to 2010, mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019 and US ambassador to Japan from 2022 to 2025.
- United States Ambassador to Japan 2022–
- Mayor of Chicago 2011–2019
- White House Chief of Staff 2009–2010
- Democratic Caucus Chairman of the United States House of Representatives 2007–2009
- United States representative 2003–2009
- Senior Advisor to the President of the United States 1993–1998
Positions
Wikipedia describes Emanuel as a centrist Democrat aligned with the Democratic Leadership Council. During the Clinton years he supported the NAFTA trade agreement, crime legislation and increased deportations.
Summarised automatically from the linked sources. Wikipedia
Photo: U.S. Embassy in Japan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons (cropped)
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Presidential Election Winner 2028
| Outcome | Left – Right | Age | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| JD Vance | 20% | ||
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Left | 36 | 13% |
| Jon Ossoff | Centre-left | 39 | 10% |
| Gavin Newsom | Centre-left | 58 | 8% |
| Marco Rubio | Right | 55 | 6% |
| Kamala Harris | 4% | ||
| Josh Shapiro | Centre-left | 53 | 3% |
| Ron DeSantis | Right | 48 | 3% |
| Pete Buttigieg | Centre-left | 44 | 3% |
| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson | 54 | 2% | |
| Tucker Carlson | Right | 57 | 2% |
| Rahm Emanuel | Centre | 66 | 1% |